Categories: Development

Development & IT

Editor, IDE, local web environment, API, Git, database, container, mobile, and terminal: the day-to-day of people who code. Many “Pro” tools have a Community edition or open-source fork — below, organized by kind of work.

Ultimate-edition plugins and inspectors stay in the paid product. For studying, freelancing, and most web stacks, what is here is what shows up in forums and free-software lists. Always the official site — never a cracked IDE pack.

Editors and IDEs

Lightweight, modern, and terminal editors plus Community IDEs — the day-to-day core for people who code.

Code editor (IDE)

Replaces: Cursor ProVisual Studio

Lightweight editor

Replaces: NotepadSimple paid editors

Modern fast editor

Replaces: Paid Sublime TextAtom

Terminal editor

Replaces: Heavy GUI editorsPaid remote IDEs

Full IDE

Replaces: IntelliJPyCharmWebStorm Ultimate

Local environment and files

Local web stack, file comparison, Markdown, and FTP/SFTP transfer.

Web development

Replaces: MAMP ProPaid local stacks

Diff e Merge

Replaces: Beyond CompareAraxis Merge

Markdown and documentation

Replaces: TyporaiA WriterNotion

FTP / file transfer client

Replaces: Proprietary software

API, Git, and data

API and GraphQL clients, mocks, Git, and tools for databases and Redis.

API mocking

Replaces: Postman Mock ServerMockoon Pro

GraphQL client

Replaces: Paid Apollo StudioPostman GraphQL

Git client

Replaces: GitKrakenSourcetreeFork

Git self-hosted

Replaces: GitHubGitLab.com

Database client

Replaces: DataGripNavicatTablePlus

Containers, mobile, and tests

Containers, VMs, mobile, load testing, and HTTP proxies to debug requests.

Virtualization

Replaces: VMware WorkstationParallels

Mobile development

Replaces: AppCodePaid mobile stacks

Load testing

Replaces: LoadRunnerBlazeMeterGatling Enterprise

HTTP proxy and debug

Replaces: CharlesProxyman

Terminal and productivity

Terminal emulators, SSH, shortcut automation, and hex editing.

SSH and remote access

Replaces: SecureCRTTermius Premium

Automation and shortcuts

Replaces: Paid macros

Hex editor

Replaces: Hex Workshop010 Editor